Automatic pistol.



B. GLARUS. AUTOMATIO PISTOL.

APPLIUATIOH FILED DBO. 1Q, 1907.

Patented July' 27, 19(

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B. GLARUS.

AUTOMATIC PISTOL.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED 1130.10, 1907.

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AUTOMATIC PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 19`

-f Application filed December 10, 1907. Serial No. 405,849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO CLARUS, a subject of the German Em eror, residing at No. 20 Rue des Armuriers, Iriege, Belgium, hav`e mvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Pistols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an automatic pistol, the construction of which insures more advantageous manufacture and simplifies the assembling of the mechanism.

Hitherto designers of weapons have only placed the firing pin in the movable part of their pistols, namely, the so-called breech slide, while they arranged the firing mechanism and the hammer with its trigger mechanism in the Xed part, generally known as the stock.

The sear releasing arm of hammerless pistols was put in the fixed part and the same was provided with a stop for the purpose of holding the firing pin. This frequently used latter arrangement has many disadvantages, especially with regard to the safety of the weapon. The firing pin, mounted with a rigidly mounted in the stock. Considering certain amount of unavoidable play in the breech shde, 1s prevented from advancing by the nose of the scar releasing arm which 1s that the nose of the scar releasing arm only holds back the firing pin by touching a surface a few tenths of a millimeter high, and considering the play between the fixed and movable part of the pistol, it is obvious that the height of the surface which actually holds back the firing pin is reduced to a mimmum, especially if a light .trigger is desired. It is this that causes the frequent accidentsdue to accidental automatic firing of the weapon.

With the latter construction as well as that with a hammer, further intermediate members are necessary for preventing the cartridge from being accidentally fired bevantages are obviated by this construction,

especially by the hammer and sear being in the movable part.

The breech slide contains the whole. of the firingmechanism, while the stock only contains the trigger mechanism. It is thus sible `to assemble each mechanism separa whereby an easy, supervised control i: sured.

The 'accompanying drawings show present arrangement applied to a p which is easily carried in the pocket.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section thr` the firing mechanism with the han cocked ready to fire off the cartridge. I shows the mechanism in the position v it assumes after the breech slide has m back. Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. 4 rear view which shows the position ol automatic safety lever and the incline o1 which serves to cock the hammer. shows the arrangement of the autor safety. Fig. 6 is a cross section which s the arrangement of the hammer wit roller. Fig. 7 shows the breech slide Fig. 8 the stock. Fig. 9 is a plan o stock. Fig. 10 sho-ws the rear or inter] ate piece. Figs. 11 to 13 show the trigge Figs. 14 to 16 the sear releasing arm ca Figs. 17 to 19 show the sear releasing and Figs. 20 and 21 show the incline o1 which cooks thc hammer when the b slide recedes. The same isriveted t left hand side of the stock.

The two main parts of the pistol sho the accompanying drawings are the st( a fixed part, and the breech slide as a able part.

The stock A (Figs. 8, 9) is forged fro piece for the sake of easy working. termediate rear portion of the stock, s in Fig. 10, is formed of one special p: which is introduced at the rear whe parts are` being assembled and thu: forms the connecting member of the si the stock A. This intermediate pi' contains the bearing for the magazine C with its spring, as well as a bearino'f spring of the trigger D with the who e mechanism of the latter.

The intermediate piece B may be co ed with the stock A in any manner d In this fact lies the great advantage arrangement in practice. l

The stock A receives a magazine of construction. The barrel bore m: formed in the upper part of the stock facilitating the working, however, a bearing is bored out in the consti shown, into whichbearing the exchangeable barrel E is screwed.

The inner left hand side of the stock A carries an incline or cam surface T (Figs. 20

5 and 21) which serves to cock the hammer. This incline or cam mi ht also be made inteoral with the stock. Tn order, however, to acilitate the manufacture, it is made as a separate'part which is screwed or riveted to lo the stock.

The stock A is provided with grooves which are adapted to guide the breech slide. At the u per part a sleeve or eye' a1 is p'rovided, w ch receives the spring housing H,

and the stop pin of the breech slide J.

The trigger mechanism consists of the trigger D and the sear releasing arm carrier K which is connected with the former by rivets. The scar releasing arm carrier carries the sear releasing arm L and the spring M. The trigger D moves in a longitudinal direction and is pushed back to its original position by the trigger spring N. The pin serves as a stop i'or the movement oi' the trigger D.

In the intermediate piece B of the stock A is a pressure stud P for the sear releasing lever. This pressure stud P is under the iniiuenoe of the spring a: which continually presses it forward. The path of this pressure stud is limited by a stop pin y.' The stud P is, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, provided with a point; the same projects somewhat beyond the rearward nose of the sear releasing arm L.

By pulling back the trigger D the pressure stud P is ushed back; the latter, through the Sear re easing arm L, releases the scar R, which releases the hammer G. This release allows the sear R to turn somewhat around 40 its pin. This movement oll the sear R allows the sear releasing arm L to rotate, whereby the point of this ressure stud P is able to pass underneath he nose Z3 of the Sear releasing arm. The latter is thus compelled to assume the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position it is held until the trigger has returned to its normal position. This position of the sear releasing arm L allows the breech slide J to again press the iiring mechanism forward after the recoil. With this arran ement the shots can be iired reeatedly, ut it is absolutely necessary to pull the trigger after every shot. An automatic succession of shots is impossible.

When the trigger D is released the nose ofthe sear releasing arm L places itself under the point of the pressure stud P, Fig. 1. The stop nose Z1 limits the rotary motion of the sear releasing arm L.

The movable main part of the breech slide J receives the firing mechanism, which latter consists of the hammer G with its spring Q the sear R with its spring S, and the firing nose or roller U which moves the former sliding up the incline or cam surface T on left hand inner side of the stock A, when breech slide J is forced back and then cocks the hammer G (Fig. 2). The harm G is held in this position by the sear R. this osition the nose l2 of the scar releas arm lies underneath the nose 1* of the s R, and under the pressure of the trigge the hammer, released by the scar R, stri against the firing pin F and thus iires cartridge.

The power of the powder ases pre back the breech slide, the rol er U of hammer G slides up the incline or cam cocks the hammer again. The s ring presses .the breech Slide forward w ich ter introduces a new cartridge into the tridge chamber. This operation is oi' usual nature.

Fig. 5 shows the automatic safety, making and function of the same being simple. A lever W, the lower part fu which projects out of the rear part oi stock A, has a stop wJ which, when in position shown in Fig. 5, prevents the ger from being moved.

Vhen the pistol is taken up, the lev automatically assumes, under the pre: of the hand, the position indicated by d( lines, thereby leaving a clear passage fo movement oi' the trigger D.

The spring z normally holds the levi in the position shown by full lines.

What I claim as my invention, and t to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An automatic pistol having a mo' breech slide, a firing pin, hammer, sea: spring carried by said slide, such ha] being suspended from the slide so as capable of oscillation, and being moval firing positionv independently of the pin, and said hammer having a latere jection or roller, and a slanting cam m ed upon the fixed stock adapted to e: said projection or roller during rea movement of the breech slide, where cock the hammer.

2. An automatic pistol having a rc sear releasing arm, a carrier for said arr a pressure stud mounted to engage sai when the carrier is moved by the t1 said arm and pressure stud having sl: engaging faces, whereby said stud first said arm to release the hammer an( holds said arm out of contact with tl so long as the trigger is held back.

3. An automatic pistol having a r sear releasing arm, a carrier for said ari a ressure stud mounted to engage sai w en the carrier is moved by the trigg( arm and pressure stud having sliding ing faces whereby said stud iirst cans arm to release the hammer and ther pm The hammer G is provided with a lateral said arm out of contact with the sear l l i l l us the trigger is held back, said pistol having In witness whereof, I have hereunto sie a stock formed with two sides, and a singleI my name in the presence of two subscri piece fitting in the rear in between the said witnesses. sides and constituting the stock, said piece BRUNO CLARU 5 Supporting said Sear releasing arm, said oar- Witnesses: rier and said stud whereby said several parts J. GRAU,

can be removed With said piece. CARL RATCHY. 

